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As public support for democracy plunges, Brazilian politics is radically changing - with far-reaching consequences.

Bankers' efforts to reduce risk threaten to cut the Caribbean off from the international financial system.

Promoting gun control measures in international fora could put pressure on domestic actors to catch up.

Mexico's own populist contender, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is an early front-runner for 2018 presidential elections.

The specter of an armed forces-led “war on drugs” worries some critics – and evokes troubling historical memories.